(2001), particularly the song "Lapdance". The album's opening song, "Deathcamp", has been compared to N.E.R.D.'s debut album In Search of. Tyler explained in a Hot 97 interview in 2015 that, after making the song, he and others felt that they should name the song with "the blackest name that could think of". Its original title was "The Brown Stains of Blackeese Latifah Part 6-12 (The Remix) (Rough Draft) (Club Edit) (Rodney Jerkins Mix)". The title for the song "The Brown Stains of Darkeese Latifah Part 6-12 (Remix)" was made intentionally long. ASAP Rocky was present during some album sessions despite not being featured on the album. Kanye West explained that he rewrote his lines for the song "Smuckers" after he heard Tyler's and Lil Wayne's verses to the song. The final version features vocals from Kali Uchis. "Find Your Wings" initially featured vocals from singers Samantha Nelson, Onitsha Shaw and Tiffany Palmer. "Run" was recorded in Tyler's living room and features harmonic vocals from Chaz Bundick who also provided guitar chords to the song "Fucking Young". The string section featured on the song "2Seater" was composed by Tyler and recorded at German composer Hans Zimmer's studio it marked Tyler's first time overseeing a live orchestra. The sample for "Deathcamp" was rejected shortly before the album was due to be turned in, so some elements of the song were re-recorded. Recording and production Ĭherry Bomb was recorded in Tyler's home studio as well as other studios in California. Guests that were rumored to appear included Jay-Z, Keyshia Cole, Cherry Glazerr, and Leon Ware. Trammel noted that " offers up heavy-handed indictments of gang culture and rapper consumerism, calling them detrimental not just to the progress of his race, but to humanity as a whole". Associate editor of The Fader, Matthew Trammel, reported that the album would feature Tyler lyrically tackling many current social issues. Fitzmaurice wrote the album features a multitude of guests, but likely no features from other Odd Future members, the rap group of which Tyler is the face, stating: "Everyone's on their own island." Tyler cited artist Stevie Wonder as his inspiration for the album.
At the top of 2017, Frank made an appearance at the LA premiere of Mikey Alfred‘s Cherry Bomb documentary, from which footage has just been compiled and thrown to the internets, where can be found offering Tyler some wisdom on fan letters.In November 2014, Larry Fitzmaurice wrote a piece for The Fader magazine, giving details about a follow-up to Tyler, the Creator's second studio album, Wolf (2013). We’ve seen the well-documented escapades of the duo before street-racing in LA ahead of the arrival of Endless, prominently assisting in the creation of one another’s projects over the years.
He also one-upped Zayn Malik by releasing a wildly-enjoyable remix of “Pillow Talk” after the One Direction singer failed to appear at a session.īut back to Tyler and Frank for a second.
He’s listed as a contributor on Frank Ocean‘s blond(e)d (even wrote a poem for the Boys Don’t Cry zine) and was featured on fellow Odd Future founder Matt Martians‘ new album The Drum Chord Theory. Following the release of his 2015 album Cherry Bomb, the Odd Future co-founder could only be found assisting others on their own new projects. It’s been a fairly quiet year for Tyler The Creator.